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Space Shuttle Discovery(Orbiter Vehicle
Designation: OV-103) is one of the three currently operational
orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space
agency of the United
States.(The other two areAtlantisandEndeavour.) When first flown in
1984, Discovery became the third operational orbiter, and
is now the oldest orbiter in service.Discovery has performed both research and
International Space Station (ISS) assembly
missions.

Discovery was the shuttle that launched the Hubble Space Telescope. The second
and third Hubble service missions were also conducted by
Discovery. She has also launched the Ulysses probe and three TDRS satellites. Discovery has been chosen
twice as the return to flight orbiter, first in 1988 as the return
to flight orbiter after the 1986
Challenger disaster, and then for the twin return to
flight missions in July 2005 and July 2006 after the 2003 Columbia
disaster. Discovery also carried Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn, who was 77 at the time, back into
space during STS-95 on October 29, 1998,
making him the oldest human being to venture into space.

Flights

Discovery has flown 37 flights, completed 5,247 orbits,
and has spent 322 days in orbit. Discovery is the orbiter
fleet leader, having flown more flights than
any other orbiter in the fleet, including four in 1985 alone.
Discovery flew all three "return to flight" missions after
the Challenger and
Columbia
disasters: STS-26 in 1988, STS-114 in 2005, and STS-121
in 2006. Discovery will fly the last space shuttle misson
STS-133 set for launch to September
2010.